London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington and Chelsea 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
NOTIFICATIONS
The total number of notifications received during 1972 was 400 in comparison with
424 in 1971.
The following Tables show (1) the number of cases of infectious disease notified
during the year 1972, with the comparative figures for the previous five years; and (2) the
number of notifications divided into age groups.

Table: TABLE 1

TABLE 1

Notifiable diseaseNumber of cases notified
197219711970196919681967
Dysentery141618111411
Encephalitis11--1-
Enteric Fever55-411
Erysipelas---113
Food Poisoning182748531812
Infective Jaundice90951087741not notifiable
Malaria1764524
Measles142175254211296847
Meningococcal Infection56-412
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1222--
Poliomyelitis: Paralytic--1---
Scarlet Fever18142273415
Tuberculosis (all forms)8363887910177
Whooping Cough61431124678
TOTALS4004245764665561050

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NOTE: Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above Table